Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to perforate
Participle: perforated
Gerund: perforating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | perforate |
| you | perforate |
| he;she;it | perforates |
| we | perforate |
| you | perforate |
| they | perforate |
Perfect
| I | have perforated |
| you | have perforated |
| he;she;it | has perforated |
| we | have perforated |
| you | have perforated |
| they | have perforated |
Past
| I | perforated |
| you | perforated |
| he;she;it | perforated |
| we | perforated |
| you | perforated |
| they | perforated |
Pluperfect
| I | had perforated |
| you | had perforated |
| he;she;it | had perforated |
| we | had perforated |
| you | had perforated |
| they | had perforated |
Future
| I | will perforate |
| you | will perforate |
| he;she;it | will perforate |
| we | will perforate |
| you | will perforate |
| they | will perforate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have perforated |
| you | will have perforated |
| he;she;it | will have perforated |
| we | will have perforated |
| you | will have perforated |
| they | will have perforated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | perforate |
| you | perforate |
| he;she;it | perforate |
| we | perforate |
| you | perforate |
| they | perforate |
Perfect
| I | have perforated |
| you | have perforated |
| he;she;it | have perforated |
| we | have perforated |
| you | have perforated |
| they | have perforated |
Imperfect
| I | perforated |
| you | perforated |
| he;she;it | perforated |
| we | perforated |
| you | perforated |
| they | perforated |
Pluperfect
| I | had perforated |
| you | had perforated |
| he;she;it | had perforated |
| we | had perforated |
| you | had perforated |
| they | had perforated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would perforate |
| you | would perforate |
| he;she;it | would perforate |
| we | would perforate |
| you | would perforate |
| they | would perforate |
Perfect
| I | would have perforated |
| you | would have perforated |
| he;she;it | would have perforated |
| we | would have perforated |
| you | would have perforated |
| they | would have perforated |
Imperative
| you | perforate |
| we | Let's perforate |
| you | perforate |
Verbs conjugated like 'perforate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'perforate'
perorate,
pejorate,
peragrate,
percolate,
perflate,
perforce,
personate,
prorate,
reperforate,
aerobate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect
2. passive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Verbs referencing "perforate"
Finnish with old forms
perforoida.
Sample Sentences
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to perforate a sheet of postage stamps